The coralline red alga Lithophyllum kotschyanum f. affine as proxy of climate variability in the Yemen coast, Gulf of Aden (NW Indian Ocean)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Caragnano, A ^a   Basso, D ^a   Jacob, D E ^b   Storz, D ^c   Rodondi, G ^d   Benzoni, F ^a   Dutrieux, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e CREOCEAN Societé de Services et Conseils en Environment Littoral et Oceanographie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RED ALGA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; YEMEN;

ALGAE; CORALLINALES; LITHOPHYLLOIDEAE; LITHOPHYLLUM; LITHOPHYLLUM KOTSCHYANUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84886542970     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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